Special Education

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and statelaw, charges districts to provide effective educational programs forstudents with disabilities, ages 3-20, who need special education andrelated services. This is achieved through effective instruction andimplementation of each student’s Individualized Education Program(IEP) by a team of people including administrators, general and specialeducation teachers, and other service providers. These people workas a team to meet the unique needs of each student and provide themwith an educational experience that prepares them for life after school.

In addition to providing effective programs and services, Directors ofSpecial Education are also responsible for a variety of administrativerequirements, including Child Find, Eligibility, Data Management andReporting, Fiscal Management, Policies and Procedures, as well asCompliance and Accountability. BEG has the resources to help districtsdevelop and maintain systems that focus on both compliance withstate and federal regulations and increased scrutiny on outcomesfor students with disabilities.

Coaching Focus: To provide districts with support to meet the complex needs of students in the special education subgroup.Our focus is to help districts close the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their non-disabledpeers. We do this through helping districts customize a plan, based on their unique student population and availableresources, to close their gap to goal targets for students with disabilities and increase outcomes for each student.

Student Outcomes:• Strengthen knowledge on how to develop and implementan IEP that is based on the unique needs, abilities andcircumstances of each individual child.• Explore subgroup Gap to Goal targets that are appropriatelyambitious, challenging and reasonable based on the child’sdisabilities.• Explore types of accommodations, modifications and othersupplementary aids and services.• Strengthen knowledge on how to ensure students withdisabilities have access to the general education curriculum.• Review models for Co-Teaching and explore a variety ofInclusive Practices.

"The services provided by Bailey's coaches have been invaluable. The teachers buy-in to being data informed is because of the data"

"I have had the pleasure of firsthand experience of how dedicated and thorough this group is with their work. They are of the utmost professional quality and, above all, are committed to doing what is"